Powerful Moments Of Haiti Reporting, From Across The TV News Landscape

 

There have been so many powerful, heartbreaking moments in the four days of since the mainstream media converged on Haiti to cover the tragic earthquake that hit last week. We’ve highlighted a few from last week: Anderson Cooper, Campbell Brown, Steve Harrigan (we spoke with Harrigan today – more from him later).

Here are videos from this weekend, one from each news network, that show the various sides of the incredibly sad story – and the fantastic work being done by journalists in the region.

Katie Couric visited a makeshift hospital, where an orphaned boy was screaming in pain. She tried to find out about his story and get him help. She wrote about the experience here, but the pictures really tell the story:

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Amid all the death, there were brief outlets of life. Bill Hemmer found a woman giving birth amid the rubble and destruction, in a tented area set up. The woman and baby were fine:

Dr. Richard Besser also found a woman who was giving birth, and helped secure her a ride in an ambulance to an Israeli field hospital. Again, mother and baby are doing well:

>>>NEXT PAGE: The aftermath: finding survivors, fighting over supplies.

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